29 August 2011

Hello all! How are you? Recently I've been absent from the blog. It's because of various reasons (school started, I've been sick etc.) however, the most important reason is that I've got a makeover coming up for this very blog! New header, new formats, new posts, new everything! So stay tuned for the comeback, it shouldn't take long.

24 August 2011

Trends. Something very familiar for us all. They cone & go, some are nice, some are not. However we may like them, they'll always return. Sooner or later all trends return. The most recent return of a trend is the college sports chic style, which was seen only 2 years ago when all the fuzz in the fashion industry was pointed at Alexander Wang & his sporty yet ever so chic S/S 2009 RTW collection. Now however it's seen again, for this fall! Oh yes.

My favourites are from Acne.

For this season labels such as Givenchy, Acne, Weekday & Moschino went all in for the trend. My personal favourites are the ones from Acne, which in different colours mix the world together. The dogs at the Givenchy ones or the stripes at the Moschino ones didn't really fit me, however the new-thinking is brilliant!

Another thing I love about these sweaters are that they're fantastic for both men & women, it's an unisex dream! For example the beautiful Elin Kling rocked a blue & white college sweater by Weekday the other day. I myself however yet only owns this vintage one from Acne, however I'm planning to purchase some more until fall sets in.. What about you?

19 August 2011

So, two days ago I would have gone off toward Copenhagen, Denmark. I'd have came home tomorrow days. However as you possible noticed by this post, I'm Not in Denmark at the moment! Shocking, is it not? Well plans does not often, if ever, turn out the way they were supposed to from the beginning. What happened was that my step-father, Dennis, rapidly grew a terrible ache in his ear. So, no Copenhagen for now. Another time!

However, while waiting to know whether we'd go or not I browsed through some facebook pages. Ending up on Fotografiska's I realized that September 1 is soon to come & with that one of the museum's greatest shows this year is to close down! Ah! Maybe you know which I'm talking about, maybe you don't. However the case is, et voila! C'est les femmes du nord en Chanel:

If you're not already familiar with this photographic phenomena, let me introduce Northern Women in Chanel for you! As you can hear by the name of it it's a series of photos with northern women, Scandinavian models in other words, dressed head-to-toe in Chanel! All the shots has also been taken in familiar areas in Scandinavia. I'm personally in love with this show & was stunned by some of the photos while walking the dark rooms, observing the bright photographic arts in the museum.These photos shown above are only four out from around 100 other lovable photographs which are currently being shown at Fotografiska in Stockholm. The photos are also published in a book which can be bought here on the creators, Peter Farago & Ingela Klemetz-Farago, official publishing site. What is even better with this is that parts of the income is given to Save The Children foundation.

This is most likely one of the closest collaborations in Chanel's history. The photographer Peter Farago has got a long history within fashion photographic with clients such as Russian Vogue & was thereby a few years back invited to lunch with the crew of Chanel. On this lunch he told them about their plans & apparently, they must have loved the idea.

15 August 2011

Today & yesterday I was pretty pissed. The Stockholm Fashion Week website wouldn't work for me, so I couldn't access ANY of the collections from the past Stockholm Fashion Week! Ah it drove me crazy. So no more reviews from it, unfortunately. I'll get to check them out in a few weeks or so, when they're leaked out everywhere instead. Sad, I know, but true.

Anyhow! Tomorrow I'm going to Copenhagen! One & a half week late for its fashion week, but whatever! Copenhagen is a certainly beautiful city, so I'll do my best to enjoy myself anyway. Practically I just wanted to inform about that I'll have no access to internet connections while being there, but I'll come back on Saturday. Although when I get back I'll go to Stockholm instead for to the computer. It's the final day of the Ung 08-week there & The Voice is holding a concert which I & some friends will hopefully go to, if everything sorts out nice. So I'll see you folks on Sunday! Until then, take care beautifuls'!

11 August 2011

Finally! Oh finally I sat down & took a look at the Cheap Monday S/S 2012 collection. Was I disappointed? No. Rather surprised! The shapes, the bright colours & the different fabrics made this collection really retro. Retro all through, to be exact. But from different decades. In the collection I saw influences form the 60's, the 70's, the 50's & the 90's. Such a wide range of different decades all put together into one was quite a shock at first. Especially as I'm not the typical retro-dude, but after looking more closely & watching it again I realized 'hey, this isn't so bad! It's pretty great!'.

I did however like the styling from first sight! The flowing, super-straight hairs on the gals & the roughly messed hair on the lads looked nothing but fierce & it certainly went superbly with the colourful clothing. Being so basic it rather made the clothing look even better, being such a strong contrast & all. Here's a sample with my favourite outfits of the collection. You can watch the entire one by clicking here.

They're pretty beautiful, don't you think? I know I'm a big fan of the shoes. First the classical, old-men inspired ones & then mixed with sheer, plastic mini's in different colours. Funny yet fashionable!

So yesterday I & my sister Alva decided to take a walk. We walked crazy much. First in the forenoon. Then in the afternoon as well. This did however make me miss the live-watch of Cheap Monday's show I had planned in, but oh-well, walking with my sister was a pleasure, the Cheap Monday collection would have to wait for today. Do expect a review from it soon.

8 August 2011

Today was a nice day. The weather was chilly & everyone was in a good mood, which was nice. Also, tomorrow is the start of Stockholm Fashion Week! Ah haha, I'm very thrilled. Very thrilled, indeed. Did I mention I'm thrilled? Oh, well I'm thrilled.

I'm very much looking forward to Cheap Monday's show, which will happen this Wednesday. Their most recent collection literally blew me away, phew! I hope this one will too. Even if it's only half as good I'll be delighted. But it certainly won't. No, I'm sure it won't. It's Cheap Monday we're talking about! Revolutionary design at its finest & certainly one of my newest favourites. I hope to be able to pick some stuff up from the collection later on in some Weekday store in Stockholm.

Now I'm off to bed I think. Tomorrow I'll hopefully plan some for Copenhagen next week, unfortunately I'm one week late to feel the fashion-vibe completely, however I hope there will be some of it left. Like it always is. Copenhagen is a beautiful city.

6 August 2011

It's over. It's done. Copenhagen Fashion Week S/S 2012 is officially complete. Am I relieved that I no longer have to scream out loud & destroy my throat out of admiration or am I in a deep coma of sadness because it's over? A mixture of both I suppose, hm.

Anyhow, whatever the case is, it's being completed fully today with Avia of Scandinavia's show at Center Boulevard 5. This being a brand which isn't in my must-see list does it feel like it's already done. But oh-my what collections there have been! Copenhagen Fashion Week let my fire up for Scandinavian fashion labels, again! One of my definite favourites of the week was Benedikte Utzon, the Dane with a pure sense of elegance & style. Her collection was thrilling. Not only because of the clothing & fashion, but I must admit only her name makes me mad enough to jump up & down.

The collection is beyond chic! The shapes, the colours & especially the accessories in form of golden plated jewelry [!!] me feel all fussy inside. Although, it was the make up which made me fall down on my knees & swear eternal faith for Benedikte. Just look at it! The bright, light face. The heavy black eyebrows. The strict hair. It's high fashion make up in its finest form.

The choice of fabrics for the garments was also smashing. I mean, how many can really work shimmering pink glitter capes & all-golden jackets like she did? I'd say not many, at all. I don't know what to say more now, observe & admire instead! Bravo Benedikte, bravo!

5 August 2011

Hello & warmly welcome to Kharma, the new blog created for the arts of fashion. I'm Linus, founder, owner, main-editor or whatever one wishes to call it here. This fashion-sphere will contain posts about everything related to fashion & creativity. This being such a large area of expertise, I'm not all-knowing in it. But that's also a point of this blog - to learn. Learn new things about fashion, learn new things about persons, learn new things about the world.

Anyhow I won't babble on for an eternity. Just for a few more sentences. I'm as said Linus, born in October fifteen years ago, in year one-nine-nine-six. Living in Sweden, in a tiny town close to Stockholm. Art is my life philosophy, where fashion takes up most of that word's meaning. I hope that you'll enjoy it here in the sphere of Kharma & I also hope that I'll get a new camera soon.